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Your chance to design (an 18th Century) wig ….
The V & A (named after Queen Victoria + Prince Albert) is the favorite museum of every Londoner. Forget the oh-so-serious British Museum or the sensible Science Museum etc etc. The V + A is where we go to indulge in culture that we can both relate too and enjoy. This is where we…
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes For Lizards
Although we see a great deal of the legendary shoe designer Manolo Blahnik in this enchanting profile on him, he evidently had only agreed to the project with director Michael Roberts if he kept the cameras primarily on the impressive list of fashion heavyweights and celebrities who lined up to testify that Blahnik is…
Caroline Giraud-Sukornyk talks about her passion for style
Caroline Giraud-Sukornyk will not be happy unless you fall in love. Not with her, we will quickly add, but with one/some of the treasures that she has curated in La Vie en Blanc her remarkable interiors store that queerguru has just stumbled over in Fort Lauderdale. She’s very firm with any customers who are in…
Barbara Hulanicki : Fashion Legend and Design Icon
In the 1960s, way before the world was flooded with designers of the Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana ilk, London discovered Barbara Hulanicki, who very quickly became a fashion legend. Prior to the advent of the Swinging Sixties, fashion was dull and positively fuddy-duddy and this remarkable Polish émigré changed all…